Good Dogs Bring Joy
LearnDistrict Inc Casual
Get your bark on with this pet simulator where YOU’RE the pet!
- Rating
- 3.4
- 165 ratings
- Downloads
- 29.8K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 8
- 2025 · v1.4
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About Good Dogs Bring Joy
“Good Dogs Bring Joy” is a casual game that flips the virtual pet genre on its head. The user plays as a dog named Alex who wants to help their owner. To succeed, Alex needs to be a good dog, help out around the house and protect their pack.
Help your humans, Iris and Grant, with daily tasks to fulfill your dream of being man’s best friend. Explore the neighborhood and see what nifty things abound, but keep an eye on those humans, you never know when they’re going to get themselves into trouble!
Good Dogs Bring Joy was designed by Grace, 15, a finalist of Google Play’s Change the Game Design Challenge. In partnership with Girls Make Games, Grace worked with GMG’s development team to bring her game to life.
About Girls Make Games:
Girls Make Games runs summer camps and workshops that teach girls ages 8-18 how to design and code video games. For more information, visit www.girlsmakegames.com
Help your humans, Iris and Grant, with daily tasks to fulfill your dream of being man’s best friend. Explore the neighborhood and see what nifty things abound, but keep an eye on those humans, you never know when they’re going to get themselves into trouble!
Good Dogs Bring Joy was designed by Grace, 15, a finalist of Google Play’s Change the Game Design Challenge. In partnership with Girls Make Games, Grace worked with GMG’s development team to bring her game to life.
About Girls Make Games:
Girls Make Games runs summer camps and workshops that teach girls ages 8-18 how to design and code video games. For more information, visit www.girlsmakegames.com
What’s new
Version 1.4 · Updated October 8, 2025
Updated for security
User reviews
The controls aren't exactly good but the game, ooh hoohhh it made me smile so bad, recommend if you like heartwarming games. But it's a short game unfortunately.
Joy
It was fun and I hope more people play it. It was a bit short and I hope you make a second one.
Fun game!
Good visual art style
Pretty good
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